Homing of a bacterial group II intron with an intron-encoded protein lacking a recognizable endonuclease domain

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1405-1412

  Martínez Abarca, Francisco ^a   García Rodríguez, Fernando M ^a   Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SPLICING; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDONUCLEASES; INTRONS; PLASMIDS; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0034024848     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01804.x     Document Type: Article

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